Terapia de voz en el contexto de la pandemia covid-19; recomendaciones para la práctica clínica.
Adrián Castillo-Allendes, Francisco Contreras-Ruston, Lady Cantor, Juliana Codino, Marco Guzman, Celina Malebran, Carlos Manzano, Axel Pavez, Thays Vaiano, Fabiana Wilder, Mara Behlau
PMID 32917457WHAT IT FOUND
This paper offers safety and practice guidelines for voice therapy during the pandemic, based on expert consensus rather than new patient data.
It outlines risk levels for procedures and telepractice options, but reports no outcomes to change clinical practice.
What this paper is
This is a consensus guideline and narrative review providing clinical recommendations for voice therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic. It does not report original patient data, outcomes, or a formal systematic review of efficacy, so there are no research findings here to change your practice on.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read the recommendations in this paper as evidence that voice therapy or telepractice improves patient outcomes. The authors state the guidelines are based on clinical experience and expert consensus because scientific evidence was limited at the time.